At a press conference Wednesday, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the president's confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris' record in handling the immigration crisis.
The White House has not shared an update on Vice President Kamala Harris' mission to address “the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras” since February. Jean-Pierre said the president has confidence in the vice president and highlighted his accomplishments, which do not include immigration issues.(Related: Mayorkas cites climate change as 'root cause' of border crisis)
“She's been a partner with him in all the successes we've seen, in all the things we've been able to do at the beginning of this administration and the first three years of this administration,” Jean-Pierre said. .
While Harris served as what Republicans call the “border czar,” the Border Patrol recorded a record number of illegal immigrants, with more than 2.2 million people crossing the southern border in fiscal year 2022. according to to the Congressional Research Service.illegal immigration encounter The number will exceed 2 million people in 2023.
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“He just listed his historic bills that we were able to get done, whether it's lower prescription drugs, whether it's veterans care, whether it's climate change, whether it's bidenomics that deals with the economy. “It's something that he's done in collaboration with the vice president, and he has full confidence in her and will continue to do that or he has confidence in the vice president,” Jean-Pierre said.
Harris Said Immigrants in June 2021 “do not come” to the United States during their trip to Guatemala. At the Guatemala-Honduras border in October 2022, migrants told the DCNF that the U.S. government was not doing enough to resolve the security and economic issues that caused them to flee their homelands. He said he didn't believe it.
Federal authorities recorded more than 300,000 illegal crossings in December alone, the highest month ever. according to On Fox News.
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